Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022

Floor Speech

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Ms. STANSBURY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the brilliant and boundless minds of our scientists, our innovators, and our young people in New Mexico and across the United States.

There is a lot to say about the CHIPS bill that is so crucial for our economy, our national security, and for innovation in our country. But today I want to celebrate our innovators and talk about the crucial importance of passing this bill.

This bill has particular meaning for me as it includes my very first piece of legislation that I filed upon taking office last year which is the bipartisan Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act.

I thank the chairwoman, her staff, and the leadership for making it possible and our State's very own Senator Ben Ray Lujan who has led this legislation for years.

This bill leans into our State's economic strengths and will take our STEM economy to new heights. It will help to create a nonprofit foundation associated with the Department of Energy to harness the knowledge and innovation of our national labs, our universities, our Tribal colleges, and our HBCUs and Hispanic-serving institutions to solve our challenges at the highest levels.

Mr. Speaker, I thank, again, the leadership and say: Let's get this bill across the finish line, and let's build it in America.

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